What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24993 and 24998?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 24993 and 24998 is 1.

GCF(24993,24998) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 24993 and 24998, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 24993 and 24998.

How to find the GCF of 24993 and 24998?

We will first find the prime factorization of 24993 and 24998. After we will calculate the factors of 24993 and 24998 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 24993

Prime factors of 24993 are 3, 2777. Prime factorization of 24993 in exponential form is:

24993 = 3² × 2777¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 24998

Prime factors of 24998 are 2, 29, 431. Prime factorization of 24998 in exponential form is:

24998 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 431¹

Step-3: Factors of 24993

List of positive integer factors of 24993 that divides 24993 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 2777, 8331

Step-4: Factors of 24998

List of positive integer factors of 24998 that divides 24993 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 431, 862, 12499

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 24993 and 24998. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 24993 and 24998 is 1.

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